[ct-user] Problems with CW keying - 9.37

[Dick Green]

Why not suspend polling while sending CW? On most rigs, the frequency can't
change while in transmit mode anyway.

73, Dick, WC1M

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Wolff <K1EA@contesting.com>
To: Keith Beebe <kbeebe@epix.net>; wb6tza@compuall.net <wb6tza@compuall.net>
Cc: ct-user@contesting.com <ct-user@contesting.com>
Date: Friday, January 01, 1999 7:59 PM
Subject: RE: [ct-user] Problems with CW keying - 9.37


>
>All I can do is slow down the polling rate to the radio. If the radio can't
>send CW and take a computer poll at the same time, there is nothing the
>computer can do about it.
>
>- Ken
>
>***************************
>Ken Wolff  K1EA
>K1EA@contesting.com
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-ct-user@contesting.com [mailto:owner-ct-user@contesting.com] On
>Behalf Of Keith Beebe
>Sent: Friday, January 01, 1999 7:35 PM
>To: wb6tza@compuall.net
>Cc: ct-user@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [ct-user] Problems with CW keying - 9.37
>
>
>It's a port problem, especially if you are trying to run radio control and
>it
>keeps accessing the radio while trying to send CW. It mostly happens with
>Yaesu
>radios, like mine. Take radio control off and it sends perfect CW. Ken is
>aware of
>this, I've mentioned it too many times now. Sure hope he gets it fixed
soon.
>
>Keith Beebe W3KB
>
>wb6tza@compuall.net wrote:
>
>> At 12:02 PM 12/31/98 EST, AA4NC@aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> >I finally got CT to run on my new computer, using ver. 9.37 and running
>it in
>> >MSDOS mode. It will NOT run in a DOS window in WIN98.
>> thank goodness!   windows- the fastest way to gibberdish!
>>
>> >Hit keys to send CW
>> >Gibberish junk sent from LPT port to radio
>> did you turn off the keyer in the radio?  this usually works OK
>>
>> >Then dead keys in a continuous carrier until computer is rebooted.
>>
>> I have experienced this with the 5 interfaces I built for XZ1N, I suspect
>a
>> combination hardware issue, (nothing to pull it down)and a software
issue.
>> Perhaps Ken will have time to chcek this after the new year sets in..
>>
>> 73, robin, wa6cdr/xz1n
>>
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